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Re:What I learned from reading a thousand emergency room bills by wisty on Wednesday December 19, 2018 @07:50PM (#18721537)
Theory of the second best - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theory_of_the_second_best

Basically economics talk for how the second best solution might not be close to the best solution (i.e. there are local maxima).

A perfectly free market might be theoretically best, but socialised healthcare might be better than a badly regulated private system.

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